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Alison Brown has taken an unlikely path in establishing herself as an internationally recognized banjoist.
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The former investment banker (she has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and an MBA from UCLA) toured with Alison Krauss and Union Station and Michelle Shocked before forming her own group, The Alison Brown Quartet.
She has recorded 8 critically-acclaimed solo albums including the Grammy winning Fair Weather (2000 Best Country Instrumental Performance). Alison has been featured on "CBS Sunday Morning," NPR's "All Things Considered" and in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. She is also co-founder of the internationally recognized independent label Compass Records (www.compassrecords.com).
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Photo: Matthew Spencer
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No one plays old time clawhammer style banjo quite like Bob Carlin.
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No one plays old time clawhammer style banjo quite like Bob Carlin. Faithful to the timeless Appalachian traditions, Bob has brought that distinctive southern banjo sound to appreciative audiences all over the world. Performer and record producer, Bob has spread the word through workshops, concerts and recordings.
Bob has a long list of accomplishments that span from performing and producing a variety of CDs; doing fieldwork associated with the industry; teaching as well as publishing in written word.
More information about Bob Carlin is available at CartunesRecordings.com.
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Andrea Zonn is at home in any number of musical settings. For this skill, Zonn credits her total immersion into music as a child.
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"My father, Paul Martin Zonn, was chair of the Music Theory and Composition Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was also a great clarinetist and jazz pianist. My mother is a world-class oboist and pianist, and my younger brother Brian is a great bass player. Needless to say, our house was always filled with music."
Andrea added classical violin to the household soundscape by age 5, and soon embraced bluegrass and country fiddle styles. She began competing in fiddle contests, meeting and playing alongside the new generation of bluegrass musicians now shaping the music.
"Alison Krauss and I met at our first fiddle contest, which was at the Champaign County Fair. She was 8 and I was 10. We became friends and started listening to all the same records, going to the contest and festival circuit, and looking at - I mean, listening to - all the young boy fiddlers."
Arriving in Nashville at age 16, Zonn quickly emerged atop the highly competitive studio scene. In 1990, she joined country star Vince Gill's band, a position she holds to this day. "Vince really took me under his wing," she says. "Before I met him, I had no idea had to get a gig, how to find out who, was looking, and so on. So I called him up out of the blue, sent him a tape, and he hired me. Very soon after that, he asked me to play and sing on the album he was working on. That gig led to others."
Andrea Zonn is one of Nashville’s most beloved musicians, both as a solo artist and contributor to albums and tours by such artists as James Taylor, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Alison Brown, and many others.
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Riders in the Sky—[l-r: Too Slim ("a Righteous Tater") Ranger Doug (Idol of American Youth), Woody Paul (King of the Cowboy Fiddlers), and Joey (the CowPolka King)]—have single-handedly revived and revitalized an entire music genre since they formed in 1977.
With 28-plus years, 5,200 appearances and counting, Riders In The Sky, the Grammy-winning Western music group whose music is firmly grounded in the rich American music traditions of such legendary cowboys singers as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and the Sons of the Pioneers are themselves the stuff of legend.
Foremost on their list of achievements are their Grammy albums: "Woody's Roundup featuring Riders In The Sky" was a "companion album" for the soundtrack of the 1999 Walt Disney/Pixar animated classic "Toy Story 2," which contained their delightful version of "Woody's Roundup." The album won the Grammy for Best Musical Album for Children for 2001—an honor the Riders received again two years later for their Walt Disney Records release "Monster's Inc.-Scream Factory Favorites"—another animated film classic musical tie-in.
With their recent induction into the prestigious Walk of Western Stars in Newhall, California, they've only added more luster to an extraordinary career that long ago placed them rightfully alongside the all-time greats as the world's premiere Western recording and touring band.In 1982,
Riders In The Sky became the first exclusively Western music artist to join the Grand Ole Opry, recognizing the then trio's stature not only as the foremost custodians of America's great Western music heritage, but as among country music's leading entertainers.
Visit the The Riders at www.ridersinthesky. |
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Mandolinist Butch Baldassari has created new interest in this age-old instrument and is luring legions of new admirers to the music he creates.
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He has appeared on "A Prairie Home Companion," "CBS This Morning," CNN and "Riders in the Sky Radio Theatre."
Not just a performer and bandleader, Butch is widely respected as a teacher, currently serving as Adjunct Associate Professor of Mandolin at Vanderbilt University's renowned Blair School of Music.
His instructional videos, books and tapes are among the most widely used by aspiring mandolin players, and his workshops at festivals including Telluride, Rocky Grass Bluegrass Academy, Winterhawk and Grass Valley are standing-room only sessions. His annual appearances at the Classical Mandolin Society are among the event's most popular.
With his own successful record label, SoundArt Recordings, Butch has broadened both his reach to new audiences and his influence on the music. |
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Buddy Greene brings a wide variety of southern Americana influences to his music to create a unique hybrid of country, bluegrass, folk, gospel and traditional blues.
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In addition to his solid reputation as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Buddy has established himself as one of Nashville’s finest harmonica players.
Buddy grew up in Macon, GA, amid its antebellum mansions, sultry summers, southern cooking and deep-south music culture. He spent his childhood learning dozens of folk songs on the ukulele and soon advanced to acoustic guitar, immersing himself in popular music mainstays of the time such as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Motown. Their infectious beat and obvious nods to roots music fueled Buddy's intense interest in the deeper historical origins of country, bluegrass and rhythm and blues music that are so evident in his music today.
For more information, visit www.BuddyGreene.com.
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